Re: [Phys-l] unit conversions

["Bob Sciamanda" <trebor@winbeam.com>]

"50 mph in km/sec"  returns  "50 mph = 0.022352 kilometers / second"  in my 
Google - running under Internet Explorer 7, under Vista.

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
trebor@winbeam.com
http://www.winbeam.com/~trebor/

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From: "ludwik kowalski" <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 9:24 AM
To: <appell@nasw.org>; "Forum for Physics Educators" 
<phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] unit conversions

> On Feb 20, 2009, at 2:30 PM, David Appell wrote:
>
> > "Bill Nettles" wrote:
> > > Like I tell my students, you have to pay attention to units and do
> > > the unit conversions.
> >
> > Here's something that will change your life:
> >
> > Go to Google and type "50 mph in km/sec" and hit return.
> >
> > It will tell you the answer. It will do nearly any unit conversion you
> > can imagine. I don't think it's ever let me down once.
> >
> > David
>
> 1) I just tried this a got this message:
>
> No results found for "50 mph in km/sec".
>
> 2) The "50 mph in km/s" also did not work.
>
> 3) Why is it so?
>
>
> Ludwik Kowalski, a retired physics teacher and an amateur journalist.
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